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FOR BEST RESULTS advertiser* invariably use the column* of the Democrat. With its full paid circulation, Intensely covering the local shopping area, It ii the best advertising medium available. Seventy-Third Year of Continuous An Independent Weekly Newt paper ? -TE Total rainfall? 2.71 UKhea-flfyr 7 * i i ? SIXTEEN PAGES? TWO SECTIONS VOLUME LXXIII-r- NO. 7 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1HU PRICE: FIVE CENTS NEW BUSES. ? Four of the County Garage crew who keep up the Watauga county vehiclea poae beside four of the twelve new school buses the county receives this year. Left to right they are Clyde Test er, Grant Cook, Robert Hagaman and Roy Moretz. ? Staff photo. County Schools Get New Buses Travel On Bluff District Of Blue Ridge Parkway Is Record Travel on the Bluff District of | the Blue Ridge Parkway reached a new high for July, with 208,229 visitors, an increase of 4.4% over last July. All the recreational area* along the Bluff District have rc ceived heavy usage especially the camp and picnic areas. The weather for July was gen erally fair with warm days and cool nights. Thunder showers occured on eleven days with a total rain Sanf ord, Fftilpott To Appear Here Terry Sanford, Democratic no minee for Governor and Cloyd Philpott. Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, will be the principal speakers at a Watauga County Democratic dinner rally at the Appalachian Elementary TERRY SANFORD School cafeteria Tuesday August 23, at 6 o'clock. It will be Sanford-Philpott night at Horn in the West fol lowing the rally and dinner, at which time the two leaders will he presented to the andience at the outdoor drama. The rally and dinner, sponsored by the local Democratic organiza tions will also be attended by Mon roe Redden, and MonrOe Redden, Jr. of Hendersonville. Mr. Redden, Sr. is a former 12th district con gressman, while his son is cur rently president of the tgtate Young Democratic organization. A limited number of tickets for the dinner are available on a first come, first served boats, and may be procared from town ship chairmen and local candi dates for public office on the Democratic ticket. Leading party figures from Ashe, Wilkes. Caldwell, Avery and Alleghany counties will be in at tendance at the rally, it is said. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crawford leave this week for Fort Pierce, Fla. af ter their summer stay in Boooe. They will teach in the Fort Pierce Blowing Rock School Notes Since some misunderstanding resulted from the story about the opening of the Blowing Rock School in the Democrat last week, the complete 1980-fll school calen dar for that school is published: Tuesday, Aug. 23: Teacher Ori entation Day. Wednesday, Aug. 24: Teacher Pupil Orientation Day. (This is a short day. All students are urged to be present.) Thursday, Aug. 23: No School. Friday, Aug. 26: No School. Monday, Aug. 28: First full day. Saturday, Sept. 17: School day. Make up August 29. Friday, Sept. 23: All schools closed. Saturday, Oct. 1: School day. Make up August 26. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24. 25. All schools closed for Thanks giving holidays. Christmas holidays begin at '.lose of school Wednesday, Dec ember 21. School re-open Monday, January 2. Easter holidays begin at close of school Thursday, March 30. Schools re-open Tuesday, April 4. Friday, May 19: Last day of school. Noted Divine Lived At Todd Bishop Ralph 8. Cushman. of Manchester, Vermont, former sum mer resident of Todd, died sud denly last Wednesday. Funeral services were held in Vermont at Geneva Methodist Church and burial was in Manches ter. Survlyors include Bobert E. Cushmai* of Todd and Bocan Ra ton, Fla.;\Leroy E. Cushman of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Poultney, Vermont; Mrs. Cushman and his son, Robert t. Cushman, Dean of Duke University Divinity School, Durham, and Elizabeth Cushman Stiles, professor V Cornell Uni versity. fall of 4.80 inches at the Bluff weather station. Following it a report from the office of Sam P. Weems, Superin tendent of the Blue Ridge Park way, concerning travel along the entire Parkway: The month of July was the greatest travel month in the his tory* of the Blue Ridge Parkway. 1,008,343 visitors traveled this scenic mountain route represent ing an increase of 113,962 visitors cr 12.7% over July, 1989. Travel by districts was as fol lows: James River (Mile 0 to 115). 172,493; Rocky Knob (Mile 116 to 217), 187,582; Bluffs (Mile 218 to 305), 206,229; Asheville (Mile 306 to 469), 442,039. Percentage - wise, James River showed the greatest increase? 29.7%, with Asheville, Rocky Knob end Bluffs following in the order named. July was the first month in history that saw Parkway travel surpass the one-million mark; the high previous month was August, 1959, when 910,418 people traveled Ihe Parkway The 1960 travel year is still 8.1% below the 1959 travel year due. primarily, to the two months of February and March, when the Parkway was closed in its entirety by snow. Superintendent Weems is now predicting that the month of Aug ust will see an even larger visita tion figure than that for July. H; also states that, if present trends continue, the travel during I960 will surpass the record of 9,989, 402 set in 1959. Following ii the visitor report for July, 1960, as compared with July, 1959. The figures in the first column represent the visitors during July of this year; the second column represents visitors during July of 1959. James River (Va.) (Mile 0 to 115) 172,493 132,931 Rocky Knob (Va.) (Mile 115 to 217) 187,982 180,366 (Continued on page six) Watauga County Public Schools have received eleven of the twelve new school buses allotted this coun ty, according to W. Guy Angell, county superintendent. Seven had arrived last week, and four more were to be delivered Tuesday. The other bus is expected soon, Mr. Angell said. ( This makes the bus fleet of 93 almost half new since last year, occording to the superintendent. Nearly 90% of the buses, which included several rebuilt bodies, have been replaced this year and last year, he said. All have modern equipment, in cluding first aid kits, flash sig nals, fire extinguishers and new type large heaters. Several of them have tow hooks on the front bumper, a new requirement for school buses. The S3 buses are expected to cover about 37,904 miles of bus routes per month, according to Roy Moretz, chief mechanic at the county garage. Based on the 20 school - day - month, this averages 1,879 miles per day the fleet will travel during the school year. All drivers have been certified by Joe Ware, driver improvement repre sentative, and are well qualified for driving these buses, Mr. Mor etz said. The mechanics at the garage have been busy this summer get ting the buses in first-class con dition for the coming school year. Several have been repainted, and all have been checked for mechan ical condition. Besides keeping the buses up, the county garage also maintains the other county ve hicles. The garage crew is made up of Mr. Moretz, Clyde Tester. Grant Cook, Robert Hagaman and Estel Culler. Dr. Horton At Workshop Dr. and Mrs. Ben H. Horton, Jr., left Saturday for Marquette, Mich., where he will attend and partici pate on the program of the As sociation for Student Teaching Workshop. The workshop is being held on the campus of North Micigan Col lege. Dr. Horton is head of the de partment of education at Appala chian State Teachers College, Boone. Mrs. Main, Victim Of Shooting, Dies Mrs. Vcnnic Mac Main, age 44, of Boone Rt. 2, died August IS in Watauga Hospital. She was returned to the Boone Hospital from Winston-Salem Bapt ist Hospital where she was taken after being shot by her husband, Dock Main, Suhday, July 31. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August IS, at 2 p. m. at the Church of Christ in Boone by Mr. ?rneet Shoaf and Mr. John Thurman. Burial will be in Mt Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Cora Potter of Tamarack, her step father, John Potter, Tamarack, two ? sons, waiter Main 01 union, mo, and Stanley of Rt. 2, Boone; three daughters, Mrs. Wanda Jackson, Misses Gwyndola and Linda Main of Rt. 2. Boone, two half sisters. Mrs. Thclma Miller of Book and Mrs. Shelton Hamroons of Hickory, five half brothera, Fred Potter of Hickory. Dannie and Howard Pot ter of Tamarack, John 0. Potter of Kenneth Square. Pa., and Bar ton Potter of Hickory. Four grand children also survive. ? | A native of the Tamarack sec tion of Watauga County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Haaby, and Cera Betas Uamby. >?* ? ? '? OfR'SSL* IS 5RS i , SUPPLANTS PROGRESS DAYS mmSBBLju: Watauga Day Featurf! Flower Show, Exhibits Schedule Of Events Given By Committee The big, two-day Watauga Day event was all set to open today at 1:00 p. m., and Gene Arndt, gen eral chairman, said the many ex hibits and activities have been planned to furnish entertainment for all. Held in the Mountain Burley Warehouse near the bus station, Watauga Day is this year's version of the annual Progress Days event which has been staged here for several years. Exhibits by commercial firms, educational exhibits, handicraft, free prizes, talent shows, bike and tractor rodeos, pet show, flower show are all expected to be crowd ed into the two days of showing Watauga county progress. The full schedule of events, as announced by Mr. Arndt and his committees follows: Thursday ? 1:00 p. m. ? Official opening by Mr. Arndt and Alfred Adams. 1:15 p. m. ? Pet show, presided over by Mary Ann Tate. 2:49 p. m. ? Drawing for door prize. 3:00 p. m. ? Tractor rodeo, heat ed by Howard Edmisten. 7:00 p. m.? Talent show. W. C. > Richardson. 8:00 p. m. ? Drawing for door prize. Friday? 10:00 a. m.? Exhibit hall opens, and bike rodeo, spon sored by Optimist club will be staged under direction of David Spainhour. 1:00 p. m. ? Flower show, spon sored by Rural Development Homemaking committee, Mrs. R. H. Harmon, chairman. 2:00 p. m. ? Second talent show, under Mr. Richardson's direction. 2:45 p. m. ? Drawing for door prise. 3:00 p. m. ? Crafters at work, Mrs. Jean Childers, chairman. 7:00 p. m.? Third talent show, Mr. Richardson. 8:00 p. m.? Drawing for door prize and close of event. Mr. Arndt aaid that all the ex hibits will be open the entire time Watauga Day is being held. Every one is invited to visit the ware house and see any or all of the show. There is no admission charge. Prizes amounting to more than a hundred dollars will be giv en away during the two days. Educational exhibits will be placed in the warehouse by the fol lowing, according to John Corey, chairman of this division: Boy Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Soil Con servation, Farmers Home Admin istration, Appalachian State Teach crs College, Watauga Hereford Breeders Association, Welfare De partment, Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation, Social Se curity, Watauga County Schools, Health Department, Home Demon stration Club' Council, County Ag ricultural Extension Agents, Wa tauga Gun" Club, North Carolina Christmas Tree Growers Associa tion, and Riverview Community Club. ?* Commercial exhibits, with James P. Marsh, chairman, will be dis played by the following: McClung's 9- 10c Store, Boone Drug Co., The Northwestern Bank, Boone Tire and Bargain Store, Greene Furniture Co., Catawba Dairy, Burgess Antique Shop, Wa tauga Insurance Co., Watauga Sav. ings and Loan Association, Farm ers Hardware and Supply Co., Inc., Crest 5-10c Store, Blue Ridge Elec tric Membership Corp., Carolina Business Machines, Radio Station WATA, Rooertsons Fertilizer, In ternational Resistance Co., Modern Appliance Co., Boone Kart Race way. Fifed Cook. ? sophomor? en gineering student at N. C. State College appeared on the honor list for his attainment of an outstand ing scholastic record during the HUCKLEBERRIES are ripe on Grandfather Mountain, where 15-year-old Jane Smart of Memphis, Tenn., has been selected "1960 Huckleberry Queen." She is the daughter of Mrs. Jane Smith who has a summer home in Linville. ? Hugh Morton photo. Valdese Grandmother One Of 281 Collegians To Be Given Degree A Valdeae grandmother, who's traveled over 38,000 milei in the process of completing her college education, is one of 281 students to receive degrees at commence ment exercises tonight (Thurs.) at 7:30 o'clock at Appalachian Stale Teachers College. Mrs. Catherine Smith Long, a veteran of 21 years teaching on a "B" certificate, has commuted daily for three summers between Val dese and Appalachian (100 miles round trip) to take classes and qualify for a Bachelor of Science degree. She is due ot receive the B. S degree along with 12S others. Scheduled to receive Master of Arts degrees are 158 graduate stu dents. V. S. Commissioner of Educa tion Lawrence G. Derthick will address the 281 summer graduates. Dr. W. H. Plemmons, president of the college, will confer the de grees and award the diplomas. The following are scheduled to receive the Master of Arts degree, according to H. B. Eggers, regis Noah Miller Funeral Mon. Noah Edmond Miller, age 71, of Bt. 2, Boone, died August 18 at his home after ? long Illness. Funeral services were conduct ed August 19 at Howards Creek BapUst Church by Rev. James O. Prichard. Bev. Glenn South and Rev. Ed Hodges. Burial was lo the Miller Family cemetery , Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Jennie Brown Miller, two sons, Jay and Marvin Miller, one broth er, Donald Miller tad one grand child, all oi Bt X Boom. trar: Lois Culp Acton, Panama City, Fla.; Julia Smith Adams, Taylors villtt; Margaret Smith Alexander, Statesville; Frederick Freman An derson, Mars Hill; John Thomas Ard, Clermont, Fla.; Sue Evelyn Atwell, China Grover Jimmie W. Babb, Gastonia; Ca therine P. Beale, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; John K. Bell, Dobson; Amos E. Best, Bessemer City; Lonnie W. Bledsoe, Dobson; Mary Walline D. Best, Bessemer City; Jane Ellen Bost, Winston-Salem; Charlotte S. Bowers, Allentown, Ga.; Alma Brown Bradley, Lenoir; Grayson M. Bradley, Gerton; Grace Hudson Brown, High Point; Norma G. Brownell, Kannapolis; R. Rudy Brownell, Kannapolis; Buster Burleson, Boone; Claude Lawson Bumgarner, Purl ear; Rosemary Eisenhower Cabrera, Key West, Fla.; Edith Thomas Caglc, Granite Fall*; Lindscy Ed win Cagle, Granite Fall*; Joe Bandy Caldwell, Hickory; Nancy (continued on pace two) Horn In West Monday Night A special presentation of Horn in the West wilt be staged next Monday night, to take the place of a rained-out performance last week. The 'contract with the cast pro vides, it is said, for make-good performances in case of rain. No performances are normally held on Monday. The management invites all to come Monday, but points out that it would be a particularly good time for local people who have not seen the Horn to attend. Over $800 Is Raised For Garden Project The initial project of the Boone Council of Garden Club* to riiae fund* for the Daniel Boonr Botan ical Garden was highly successful, when more than <800 was cleared on the recent flower show and, home tour. The response of the visiting pub lic was most gratifying, and, in spite of the adverse weather con ditions, visitors were moat enthus iastic and complimentary. The tour was off to an excellent start with Mrs. Paul Graffs com prehensive description of the Colonial relics in the old Tataa cabin. Following this, guests visit ed lovely homes adopted to mod ern living. These homes were beau tifully decorated with appropriate artistic arrangements. Among the horticultural dis play" were lovely specimens of delphinium awl lilies which elicl tated praise and admiration of visitors from Florida to Canada and from Montana to Wilmington. For her fine horticultural achie vcmerts, Mrs. Mae Miller, ona of Boone's beat gardeners.
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